Collecting



(No Model.)

I. N. ROWE. GOLLEGTING, CONVEYING, AND UNLOADING APPARATUS. No. 466,625.Patented Jan. 5, 1892.

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC N. ROVE, OF WVOODS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. D. MIMS,

OF SAME PLACE.

COLLECTING, CONVEYING, AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,625, dated January5, 1892.

Application filed February 14, 1891- Serial No. 331,471. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. ROWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Woods, in the county of Panola and State of Texas, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Collecting, Conveying,and Unloading Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention consists in a new and improved apparatus for collecting,conveying, and unloading feed and water for stock andwater for privateuse and for conveying and unloading lumber or merchandise of any kind,the entire apparatus being controlled by one person at one end of theline; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewshowing my apparatus arranged for conveying and unloading lumber orother similar freight. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the carriage used onthe same.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring to the several parts by their designatin'g-numerals, 1 1indicate two parallel beams, which are supported on uprights 2 2, theseuprights being connected by braces 3. My track is elevated at the centerof its length at the point 4, so that it inclines from its center downtoward each end. Upon the beams 1 are secured cross-ties 5, and uponthese ties are secured the parallel rails 6 6, on which the carriageruns.

7 indicates the carriage, which is shown in detail in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, consisting of a truck mounted upon wheels 8, which run on therails 6 6, and having the platform 9. Beneath the center of the truck issecured longitudinally the beam 10, which is formed at its forward endwith an upwardly-inclined point 11 and at its rear end with the curvedpoint 12, as shown in the drawings. The opcrating-rope 13 passes fromthe Windlass or from other suitable source of power at one end of theapparatus over rollers or pulleys 14, supported from the under side ofthe 13 is pulled upon the carriage will be drawn along the rails 6 6 tothe elevated center 4 of the track, where its own Weight will propel itdown the remaining half of the track, and when it passes the elevatedcenter 4 the rope will unhook from the curved point 12 and is paid outfrom the winding-drum to let the carriage travel down the far half ofthe track. About midway of the half-lengths of the track are arrangedgrooved rollers 16, which hold the rope off the ties when the carriageis at the far ends of the track. To return the carriage, the rope 13 isdrawn in, which pulls the carriage over the elevated center 4 by thepoint 11, and the weight of the carriage carries it down to theleft-hand end of the track. The rope 13 should be hooked around thepoint 12 each time before starting the carriage.

17 indicates a bumper at the far end of the track,which stops thecarriage when it reaches that end of the track.

To automatically discharge the load of lumber or other merchandise atthe far end of the track, I arrange atthat end, on either side desired,the elevated rail 18. Beneath one side of the platform 9 of the carriageis secured an outwardly-proj ecting bar19, having a roller 20 at itsouter end, which runs upon the rail 18 when the carriage reaches the endof the track. The platform 9 is secured on the end pieces 21 of thecarriage-truck by heavy U- shaped staples 22, and the end pieces 21 arecut down at an angle at23. It will now be seen that when the carriagereaches the far end of the track the outer end of the bar 19, runningupon the rail 18, will raise that side of the platform 9, and thusautomatically tilt or unload its contents from the other side, as willbe readily seen.

To hold the carriage in place on the tracks, I secure on its under sidethe angled catches 24, which engage with hooks25, secured on thecross-ties at that end of the track, thus holding the carriage firmly onthe rails While its platform with its lead is being tilted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is

1. The combination, with the track elevated at its center, of thecarriage adapted to travel thereon and formed with the beam 10,constructed at one end with the inclined point 11, to which the end ofthe operating-rope is attached, and formed at its other end with thecurved arched end 12, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a suitable track, of the elevated rail 18,secured at one side of the same, the truck having the inclined endpieces 21, and the platform hinged on the beveled end pieces 21 andhaving secured to it the projecting bar 19, provided with the roller atits outer end, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the inclined track having the hooks 25 securedupon it, the elevated rail 18, secured at one side of the track, thetruck having the inclined end pieces 21 and the angled catches 24arranged beneath it, and the platform hinged on the beveled ends of thetruck and having secured to it at one side the projecting bar 19,provided with a roller at its outer end, substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. ROWE.

Witnesses:

G. M. KNIGHT, M. H. FLEMING.

